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Thank you for your sharing ! I had updated from nvidia 304 to 310 drivers. Check whether you have done the whole process : 1. install / update to 310 2. activate 310 3. setting 310 Otherwise it will be not the normal case (for other users to refer to). Refer to : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...

how to test their success

1. install jockey-common
sudo apt-get install jockey-common # universe must be added into /etc/apt/sources.list
2. sudo jockey-text -l # -l is the lower case of L
This command will tell you the status of your nVida driver module.

"List View" or "file manager" is GUI, You must follow the rule how to use the gui. There are many different kinds of file managers. So there are many different kinds of GUIs. So there are many different kinds of rules to be followed. But there is only one file system in the console (or terminal) whi...

apt-get install virtualbox

Try
sudo apt-get install virtualbox

1. Every time you keyin your password when you use sudo, gksudo or kdesudo, The validity period is 15 minutes by default. i.e. you should not be asked for password within 15 minutes when use sudo, gksudo or kdesudo again. Do you want to change the default period setting ? gksudo sh <name of script t...

May you describe the reason why you must manually arrange folders and files in list view ?

Never be frustrated.
It has been a confirmed Bug and not resolved till now.
It only gives you a practical example to know what bug means.

NVIDIA GeForce 610SE Integrated 1. Try Mate desktop first Linux Mint install Nouveau driver module by default when detect nVidia in the PC. The 3d support of Nouveau driver module is not good enough to run in Cinnamon, but is OK to run in Mate. 2. If you wish to run in Cinnamon, 3D support is neces...

Recovery mode boot with the option nomodeset. That means boot without any display driver but only with vesa mode. So its resolution is low and other support is not sufficient. The right way is to find the suitable display driver and install/activate/set the display driver. Paste the brand / model of...

I couldn't figure out how to disconnect from the networking interface app. Copy following line and paste it to terminal and execute it. sudo dpkg -l | grep network-manager paste the output here http://paste.ubuntu.com/5930050/ line 26 # The log begins while booting Jul 30 14:47:45 julia-desktop ker...

Congratulate ! Deleting the /efi/linuxmint section before installing may have had something to do with it UEFI enabled installing must put all your files relating booting into EFI partition. Windows 7/8 put their booting files into /boot/efi/windows or something like this directory. Ubuntu put their...

1. There was a similiar case recently in [url=http://www.ubuntu-tw.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=290962#forumpost290962]ubuntu-tw.org forum[/url] 2. I found a bug report related to this problem Bug #988394 Reboot hangs because /etc/rc6.d/S40umountfs chokes on non-existent mounts 3. I guess...

1. Before you want to shutdown your PC, disconnect all your connection manually, close all apps, then from the terminal sudo shutdown -P now To see whether it shutdown as expect or not. Then reboot your PC as 2. 2. All your data in this file http://paste.ubuntu.com/5923535/ were crowded in one line....

Refer these two pages :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Acceleration_API#Supported_hardware_and_drivers
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-mplayer-with-va-api-hardware.html

Thank to zerozero :
I will try it again from the LMDE viewpoint and make any necesarry editing.

May you describe
1. The reason Why you want to install the ALSA midi program.
2. The reason Why you want to install the JACK program.

8500 GT is in the supported list of http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.32-driver.html Try to download this newest driver from nVidia website. Read the following pages in details before you install the driver 1. additional information in this page http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux...

no matter what installation type I choose

What type of installation did you expect ?
What was the question the installing process asked you or the menu you chosen just before installation type probem ?

Try to add nomodeset to the end of boot option of the Live CD Refer to : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions?action=show&redirect=BootParameters#Changing_the_CD.27s_Default_Boot_Options 6. F6. Other Options. or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions?action=show&redirect=BootParamete...

1. have you installed CUPS in the computer attached the computer running antiX v12 ? 2. from the computer running Linux Mint 15 XFCE installed CUPS : from browser : http://localhost:631 http://Pinter-Server-IP:631 # where Pinter-Server-IP is the IP of the computer attached the computer running antiX...